Where do you want to live today?
After the posting of my seminal pay attention to me / why do I move so much I got to thinkin, "Where should I move next?" I didn't really give much thought to it until a few days ago over dinner at Applebees (damn I love their appetizer sampler). Here's a listing of the places that I can think of.
It's a city that was one of the pinnacles of the Great Lakes in the early 20th century. However, it's population has dwindled substantially leaving it just around 400,000 people.
So why do I want to move there?
Well, I have (or had, who knows) a friend that grew up right outside the city. I've only driven around it once, at midnight by myself, but it seemed ok. And the fact that has a stadium, airport, Indy Car race, and Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame, and a bar crawl (East Bank) all right downtown is pretty sweet. Also, it's close to Michigan and I'm sure there's lots of ruins to explore. However, it's tech sector is apparently just as much in the shitter as Michigan's, making me wary of moving down there.
All the visits to Milwaukee have been quite pleasant ones, made pleasant by the person I was with. Unfortunately, I won't be able to see the town with that person or any other special lady so it's pretty much a moot point but gives insight into why I might have a favorable opinion of this city.
Another is that it just seems so clean and, dum-dum-DUM, un-decayed. Compared to Detroit, there were very few (if any) abandoned buildings within downtown. Even on a cold night there were people walking around, going to bars, doing stuff, and yeah. Once again, I like this city because it has a hockey arena, museum, college, etc, right in the city. I know that lots of "big cities" have that but I'm not used to that coming from the suburbs where all we get for a downtown is a dollar show.
This one is bound to be the outlier within the group. Reason number one for moving there? So I can be closer to no one in particular. Reason number two? South by Southwest. Three, no more god damn winters. I really like the heavy snowfalls, they way everything looks, they way it's quiet, the great ambience to snuggle with (a non-existant) loved one but heavens I hate the cold. Fuck the cold and fuck the Michigan drivers that forget how to drive in snow every year. I mean, no one is moving to this shit hole so we can't blame it on that. And it's not like snow is a new thing here in the winter. Yeesh.
Ok, I really don't care for the ocean. I can't swim and looking at the ocean frankly scares me (can't see what the hell is on the other side). So why the PacNW? Well, I like trees. Seattle seems like a nice place (Portland must really suck if they have suicide prevention signs on all their bridges), chill enough for me, and the climate seems to be like San Diego, minus 15 degrees Farenheit. Maybe Butte, MT because I heard it was fucking gorgeous out there.
Er, I don't really want to live here for a very long time because there doesn't seem to be much happening out there anyways. But my oh my is it beautiful. The water is amazingly clear and the trees and mountains and oh, it's so wonderful. I wouldn't mind living there for the summer, having a fling with someone who's into hiking and having sex in the outdoors. Wait, what the fuck did I just say?
As you notice, the towns I posted where all kind of small: no Chicago, NYC, Boston, SF, LA, or things of that sort. Why? Because I feel they are just too damn big and there's just too damn much to see. I like my cities to be small enough so that I can feel comfortable no matter where I am.
I dunno, I still want to move to all these places but I know that if I do, I'll be very lonely and quite depressed. I still can't make friends for shit.
It's a city that was one of the pinnacles of the Great Lakes in the early 20th century. However, it's population has dwindled substantially leaving it just around 400,000 people.
So why do I want to move there?
Well, I have (or had, who knows) a friend that grew up right outside the city. I've only driven around it once, at midnight by myself, but it seemed ok. And the fact that has a stadium, airport, Indy Car race, and Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame, and a bar crawl (East Bank) all right downtown is pretty sweet. Also, it's close to Michigan and I'm sure there's lots of ruins to explore. However, it's tech sector is apparently just as much in the shitter as Michigan's, making me wary of moving down there.
All the visits to Milwaukee have been quite pleasant ones, made pleasant by the person I was with. Unfortunately, I won't be able to see the town with that person or any other special lady so it's pretty much a moot point but gives insight into why I might have a favorable opinion of this city.
Another is that it just seems so clean and, dum-dum-DUM, un-decayed. Compared to Detroit, there were very few (if any) abandoned buildings within downtown. Even on a cold night there were people walking around, going to bars, doing stuff, and yeah. Once again, I like this city because it has a hockey arena, museum, college, etc, right in the city. I know that lots of "big cities" have that but I'm not used to that coming from the suburbs where all we get for a downtown is a dollar show.
This one is bound to be the outlier within the group. Reason number one for moving there? So I can be closer to no one in particular. Reason number two? South by Southwest. Three, no more god damn winters. I really like the heavy snowfalls, they way everything looks, they way it's quiet, the great ambience to snuggle with (a non-existant) loved one but heavens I hate the cold. Fuck the cold and fuck the Michigan drivers that forget how to drive in snow every year. I mean, no one is moving to this shit hole so we can't blame it on that. And it's not like snow is a new thing here in the winter. Yeesh.
Ok, I really don't care for the ocean. I can't swim and looking at the ocean frankly scares me (can't see what the hell is on the other side). So why the PacNW? Well, I like trees. Seattle seems like a nice place (Portland must really suck if they have suicide prevention signs on all their bridges), chill enough for me, and the climate seems to be like San Diego, minus 15 degrees Farenheit. Maybe Butte, MT because I heard it was fucking gorgeous out there.
Er, I don't really want to live here for a very long time because there doesn't seem to be much happening out there anyways. But my oh my is it beautiful. The water is amazingly clear and the trees and mountains and oh, it's so wonderful. I wouldn't mind living there for the summer, having a fling with someone who's into hiking and having sex in the outdoors. Wait, what the fuck did I just say?
As you notice, the towns I posted where all kind of small: no Chicago, NYC, Boston, SF, LA, or things of that sort. Why? Because I feel they are just too damn big and there's just too damn much to see. I like my cities to be small enough so that I can feel comfortable no matter where I am.
I dunno, I still want to move to all these places but I know that if I do, I'll be very lonely and quite depressed. I still can't make friends for shit.